Tree of life (disambiguation)

The tree of life is a motif in various mythologies and a metaphor for the common descent of life on Earth.

Tree of life may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Film

• The Tree of Life, English version of Geedka nolosha (1988), a short film from Somali writer and director Abdulkadir Ahmed Said
• Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life, a 2009 BBC documentary
• T.o.L. ("Trees of Life"), is the collective name for the creators of the film Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space
• The Tree of Life (film), a 2011 film directed by Terrence Malick

Literature

• The Tree of Life, novel by Chava Rosenfarb 1972
• The Tree of Life, novel by Hugh Nissenson 1985
• The Tree of Life (Bernice Summerfield), a 2005 Dr Who novel by Mark Michalowski
• The Tree of Life, an exposition of magick written by Israel Regardie in 1932
• Tree-of-Life, a plot device in the Known Space science fiction stories

Music

• The Tree of Life (Cecil Taylor album), a 1998 album by Cecil Taylor
• The Tree of Life (soundtrack), the soundtrack to the 2011 film
• Tree of Life, an album by audiomachine
• Tree of Life, an album by Lila Downs

Sculpture

• Tree of Life (craft) a clay sculpture style associated with Metepec, Mexico State
• Tree of Life (Kester) a Mozambican sculpture now in the British Museum
• Tree of Life (White), a sculpture at Mitchell Boulevard Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Metaphor: The Tree of Utah, a sculpture in the Utah desert also known as the "Tree of Life"

Other uses in arts and entertainment

• Tree of Life (Disney), the icon of Disney's Animal Kingdom theme park
• The Tree of Life (module), an accessory for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game

Biology

• Tree of life (biology), a metaphor describing the interrelatedness of living things through evolution
• Tree of Life Web Project, a collaborative project providing information about the diversity and phylogeny of life on Earth
• Arborvitae (Latin for "tree of life"), Thuja, a genus of coniferous trees
• Arbor vitae (anatomy) (Latin for "tree of life"), the cerebellar white matter, named for its branched, tree-like appearance
• Baobabs (sometimes called the "tree of life"), a genus of African trees

Religion and spirituality

• Tree of life (biblical), a tree at the center of the Garden of Eden
• Tree of life (Kabbalah), a mystical concept within the Kabbalah of Judaism
• Tree of Life (Latter-day Saints), described in the Book of Mormon
  • Tree of life vision, a more detailed description of Nephi's vision of the Tree of Life contained in the Book of Mormon
• Tree of Life Version, a Messianic Bible translation
• Tree of Life Christian Schools, a private school system in and near Columbus, Ohio
• The Tree of Life Rejuvenation Center, run by Gabriel Cousens
• Etz Chaim, a religious Hebrew term for "Tree of Life"
• Mesoamerican world tree, a motif in pre-Columbian Mesoamerican mythologies and iconographies
• Yggdrasil, the world tree in Norse mythology

Other uses

• Tree of Life, Bahrain, a solitary tree in the desert of Bahrain
• Árbol del Tule, a large tree in Mexico also known as the "Tree of Life"
• Albero della Vita ("Tree of Life" in Italian), a 35 m tall structure standing by Italy's Pavilion within the Expo 2015 area, Milan, similar to the "Supertrees" found at Singapore's Gardens by the Bay